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Name: Phil Ivey
Alias: Tiger Woods in poker
Nationality: USA
Sex: Fale
Place of Birth: United States
Date of Birth: February 1, 1976
TEAM: WSOP
Professional characteristics: Aggressive, Cold, Expressionless
Major Awards: 10 WSOP Bracelets, $ 8,000,000 of Tournament prize
Phil Ivey was born in California on February 1, 1976,then he moved to Absecon, New Jersey with his family. He is a poker fanatic, being considered to be the world's most comprehensive professional poker player, and the support of thousands of fans as well as his own efforts help him to get such a reputation. He is one of the most popular poker players, the young adore him and the occupational veterans respect him.
Ivey has ever entered the WSOP finals 30 times. He made brilliant achievements when he was a very young guy. He won his first WSOP bracelet at the age of 23, which broke the youngest winning record kept by Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim. Two years later in 2002, he got three WSOP bracelets (tying Ted Forrest and Phil Hellmuth’s record of getting three bracelets within one year),won the first prize of two poker tournaments hosted by Braun Palace, got one WSOP Open Tournament bracelet and won two other tournaments.
In 2005, Phil Ivey won the Monte Carlo match among the masters and got 100W dollars in prize. What’s more, he won a $ 60W champion the next day in the FTP.
In 2006, Phil Ivey was named by ALL IN magazine and Bluff magazine as the best player of the year. In 2008, he won his first WPT bracelet. He has scored nine WPT final tables and he is the record holder. He has long ranked in the top ten in the WPT money list. He won $ 3,369,821 in prize from the contest.
So far, he has won 10 WSOP bracelets, 30 times to get into the WSOP finals and got the prize of $ 5,960,976 in total. He got over twenty million US dollars in prize in his career with a hundred times into the WSOP money, and won the championship in various events accumulated 24 times.